Country Report Denmark

The ePrivacy Directive has been implemented in Denmark through a range of legislative
instruments, beginning with the Act on Electronic Communications and Services but leading into
more important Executive Order on Provision of Electronic Services and the Cookie Order. This
structure could be confusing for outsiders as it involves several acts, all of which are concerned
not just with one but with several directives. The use of ministerial orders can be explained by
the need to introduce flexibility into the fast-changing area, but avoiding a lengthy and
complicated full legislative process.

Part of the Report: ePrivacy Directive: assessment of transposition, effectiveness and compatibility
with proposed Data Protection Regulation
Under the assignment of the European Commission
Directorate General CONNECT
SMART 2013/0071. The full report http://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/document.cfm?doc_id=9963